" In that is given an account of how
the four chums set off to walk about two hundred miles in two weeks,
stopping nights at the homes of various friends and relatives on the
route. At the very outset they stumbled on the mystery of a five
hundred dollar bill, and it was not until the end that the strange
affair was cleared up most unexpectedly.
The four girls were Betty Nelson, a born leader, bright, vigorous and
with more than her share of common sense. She was the daughter of
Charles Nelson, a wealthy carpet manufacturer. Grace Ford, tall,
willowly, and exceedingly pretty, was blessed with well-to-do parents.
Mr. Ford being a lawyer of note, who handled many big cases. Mollie
Billette, was just the opposite type from Grace. Mollie was almost
always in action, Grace in repose. Mollie was dark, Grace fair. Mollie
was quick-tempered-- Grace very slow to arouse. Perhaps it was the
French blood in Mollie-- blood that showed even more plainly in her
mother, a wealthy widow-- that accounted for this. Or perhaps it was
the mischievous twins-- Dodo and Paul-- whose antics so often annoyed
their older sister, that caused Mollie to "flare up" at times.
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